Maroun Kisirwani has been appointed Dean of Student
Affairs, after four people assumed the position over a span
of two years since the resignation of Dr. Fawzi Hajj, who
stayed for nearly 18 years in the position. Several committees
were formed to select a dean. The search was triggered by
the disappearance and subsequent resignation of former Dean
of Student Affairs Dean Kevlin in February 2000. After running
the Office of Student Affairs for several months as acting
dean, Associate Provost Waddah Nasr resigned from that temporary
post when his applicationmore
What are students doing other than putting on makeup
or buying the latest cellular phone? Great, the grades
are still soaring sky high, but what about the social
and cultural life a university is meant to have? One
would think with all the social events taking place
on the outskirts of AUB the students would learn a bit
and apply it to their AUB community. One widespread
comment is that students nowadays are copying their
adult examples. But not in everything. Every week, if
not every other day, we hear of an exhibition, a concert,
a fund-raising dinner. more
Grades
are what you are
By Joelle Abi Rached
Dr. Faustus has a PhD in the Education of Chimps and
is the author of Don't Let Them Think, and the 2002
book of the year, How to Make Them Be Obsessed with
Grades. Dr. Faustus: Good morning students! The pre-med
chorus: Good morning doctor! Dr. Faustus: Welcome to
the lower campus pick-up-any-number "death science"
course. (After a deep breath) You should all be aware
that the only requirements for this course are your
eyes, mouthsmore
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The people who keep this campus
clean
From College Hall to the Green Oval, the green-clad
janitors merge silently into the everyday scene. They don't
disturb anyone. No one disturbs them. They begin working at
7 am, when few people walk through the campus. They make AUB
look fresh, clean, and ready to welcome the daily influx more
From College Hall to Campus Master
Plan
When the founding fathers talked about the opening of
the Syrian Protestant College in the mid-nineteenth century
in their memoirs, they spoke of renting a couple of classrooms
some place in Ras Beirut. The expanding college eventually
started raising funds for the construction of its own buildings
more
